Python Developer at Epignosis
Location: GR, I, Athens
Employment type: Full-time
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Computer Software
Function: Engineering

Company profile:
StartTech Ventures is the investment &amp; incubation arm of the Materializing Innovation Group and has three functions: Seed Fund, Incubator and Business Angel Network. We build on the experience its people gained out of starting Virtual Trip, the first successful student start-up in Greece, spinning out more than 10 high-tech companies and creating a next generation startup accelerator via introducing the "Entrepreneurial Ecosystem" concept; supporting high-growth businesses to take advantage of economies of scale without compromising flexibility and strong entrepreneurial drive. Our portfolio includes amazing tech companies such as eFront e-Learning, AbZorba Games, TalentLMS, Psycholate and SOLO Gateway. We publish job openings both for the StartTech Ventures incubator and the CoLab Athens coworking space as well as for our posrtfolio companies.

Job description:
StartTech Ventures is looking for a talented individual to join the development team of a new innovating cloud service.Skills and passion are prerequisites. You will be building really really useful software and innovative services that businesses around the world will use as core components. High quality results and attention to detail are required. You will be turning this service from a prototype-stage into a full-fledged public cloud service. You will be interacting with top-notch software development teams that will use your code in production environments. And you will beinvolved in every single stage.You like challenges? How about learning new stuff? Well, you just hit the jackpot.

Requirements:
For a groundbreaking startup, we need groundbreaking people. The ideal candidate has an entrepreneurial mindset, is self-motivated and loves creating new staff and being a core member of a new endeavor. Given that, you should also be able to show:A BSc or MSc in Computer Science.Experience dealing with open-source software.Solid understanding of POSIX systems and Systems Programming. Threads, pipes, signals and other forms of IPC are your everyday tools.Experience with Python would be really really valuable, but previous knowledge of some other scripting language like sh, Ruby or Perl will do. However, you must be a really fast learner and pick up new technologies really fast.We make use of as well as create our own RESTful web services. Previous experience will help a lot.HTML5/JS/jQuery knowledge is not required, but it would be prove useful. This is a service aiming at the international market, so excellent use ofEnglish is required.

Benefits:
Why join us? Here is the Top 5 of the long list of reasons:1. StartTech Ventures is one of the most active start-up incubators in Greece. With more than 10 incubated companies, it is the place of birth for high-tech software start-ups. Synergies between StartTech incubated companies is one of our competitiveadvantages.2. Through such a synergy, this new exciting cloud service has emerged. You will be an early member of this team, with all the benefits this has.3. Extraordinary, talented, committed, self-motivated, agile. These words describe all of our teams. Everyday interaction with awesome colleagues makes every single day interesting, contributingto self-development of each and every one of us.4. We help our colleagues develop their skills and evolve as the company grows. Our asset is our people and we keep them happy.5. We offer a relaxed working environment in downtown Athens. Longhours is an exception and we try to have as much fun as possible (after I finish writing this ad, we are going out for drinks with the rest of the team). But reaching agreed targets is a responsibility and we do ourbest to deliver.We offer a competitive compensation package:Your salary will be matched against your skills and our available budget.We also cover expenses to select conferences and events, as well as select training sessions.